Fillpoint, a Malta video game development company that had tried to expand into game development, could soon exit Chapter 11 reorganization. The company, which has continued to operate in bankruptcy, has about 12 employees. It filed for Chapter 11 protection one year ago. Under a new plan that is scheduled to be approved later this […]
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LED lights, the more energy efficient alternative to standard lighting, become less efficient with higher electrical currents. This problem is known as “efficiency droop,” and RPI researchers cite the cause of the problem at the electron level in their paper “Identifying the cause of the efficiency in GalnN light-emitting diodes by correlating the onset of […]
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A new app, available free for iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets, seeks to recruit volunteers based on their location to help out during a disaster. The Team Red Cross App, as it’s called, allows people to sign up, tells them about likely available jobs, from handing out supplies to working in a warehouse, and […]
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While your chances of getting rich might be best in such big metros as New York City or San Jose, when it comes to smaller metros, the Capital Region is the land of opportunity, according to a new study by the website Credit Donkey. It ranked the nation’s metros with populations between 250,000 and 850,000 […]
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Time Warner Cable announced plans today to grow its workforce by about 100 sales representatives, raising the total number of employees at its Northeast Inbound Sales Center to 400. To find desirable candidates, the company also announced a hiring event on Wednesday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Albany Marriot on […]
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the Rensselaer Institute for Data Exploration and Applications (IDEA) to boost innovation and discoveries by bringing the predictive power of supercomputers to the analysis of so-called “big data,” the wealth of information available digitally through the web. RPI said the effort represents a $60 million investment. “The Rensselaer IDEA will […]
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AT&T said it has expanded its mobile Internet network to Grafton in rural Rensselaer County with upgrades to its existing cell site there. The upgrade covers Grafton Lakes State Park and the Route 2 corridor between Grafton and Cropseyville. Meanwhile, AT&T has expanded its 4G LTE network, its fastest technology, to parts of Ballston Spa, […]
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A way to produce brighter, more energy-efficient light-emitting diodes has earned its inventor the $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize. Ming Ma, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, was one of three students at three universities to win a 2013 Lemelson-MIT College Student Prize. The awards […]
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